Sepher Ikarim [philosophy]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

ALBO, JOSEPH

printer

Gershom Soncino

Place

Rimini

Publication

1522

Description

Initial letters of opening word within white-on-black decorative vignettes surrounded by historiated engraved border-piece

references

Vinograd, Rimini 4; Mehlman 1191; not in Adams

summary

Albo’s Sepher Ikarim presented religious-philosophical problems in a clear form that made them accessible and comprehensible to all. For a brief examination of Albo’s philosophies and the thinkers upon whose ideas he built, see I. Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. III (1974), pp. 233-239

ff. (132 of 154). Lacking title and printer's introduction, signatures 21, 23, 36 and 37. Signature 23 and final signatures supplied in manuscript in different hands. Slight censorship. Lightly browned, marginal notes in an Italian hand. Old vellum boards, rubbed and distressed. 4to. Sold not subject to return

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